When Offaly and Wexford meet in Innovate Wexford Pk on Saturday next at 3.30pm it will be their first clash in the All-Ireland qualifier series. However, it will be there 34th meeting in Championship hurling. Offaly won the opening encounter at Jones’ Rd in 1898, however, Wexford dominated the next 11 meetings winning 9 to Offaly’s 1, with Wexford conceding a walk-over in 1924.
Since then the engagements have been more evenly shared with Offaly winning on eleven occasions to Wexford’s ten. In all Wexford have won 19 of the 33 games to date, and amazingly despite the fact that their have been a number of close encounters, particularly over the past two decades, these sides have yet to finish on level terms in the Championship.
The details of the past 33 meetings are:
1898 1st Round Jones’ Rd Offaly 1-11 Wexford 0-0
1899 1st Round Jones’ Rd Wexford 4-7 Offaly 0-1
1901 Final Kilkenny Wexford 7-6 Offaly 1-3
1910 1st Round Jones’ Rd Wexford 5-12 Offaly 1-7
1918 S/F Croke Pk Wexford 10-0 Offaly 6-0
1924 Offaly w/o Wexford
1937 1st Round Kilkenny Offaly 6-2 Wexford 2-8
1939 1st Round Kilkenny Wexford 4-7 Offaly 1-4
1948 1st Round Kilkenny Wexford 8-5 Offaly 2-4
1950 2nd Round Kilkenny Wexford 4-9 Offaly 1-3
1957 S/F Kilkenny Wexford 5-10 Offaly 3-3
1958 S/F Kilkenny Wexford 9-13 Offaly 2-2
1969 S/F Croke Pk Offaly 5-10 Wexford 3-11
1971 S/F Croke Pk Wexford 2-14 Offaly 2-6
1973 S/F Kilkenny Wexford 2-14 Offaly 2-9
1975 S/F Croke Pk Wexford 1-29 Offaly 1-18
1979 S/F Athy Wexford 0-17 Offaly 2-10
1981 Final Croke Pk Offaly 3-12 Wexford 2-13
1982 1st Round Croke Pk Offaly 2-16 Wexford 3-12
1984 Final Croke Pk Offaly 1-15 Wexford 2-11
1988 Final Croke Pk Offaly 3-12 Wexford 1-14
1994 Final Croke Pk Offaly 1-18 Wexford 0-14
1995 S/F Croke Pk Offaly 2-14 Wexford 1-10
1996 Final Croke Pk Wexford 2-23 Offaly 2-15
1997 S/F Croke Pk Wexford 3-12 Offaly 2-12
1998 S/F Croke Pk Offaly 1-15 Wexford 0-17
1999 S/F Croke Pk Offaly 3-17 Wexford 0-15
2000 S/F Croke Pk Offaly 3-15 Wexford 1-8
2003 S/F Nowlan Pk Wexford 0-16 Offaly 1-12
2004 Final Croke Pk Wexford 2-12 Offaly 1-11
2006 Q/F Nowlan Pk Wexford 0-9 Offaly 0-8
2009 Q/F Wexford Pk Wexford 2-17 Offaly 0-16
2012 Q/F O’Connor Pk Offaly 2-12 Wexford 1-13
By kenny Thu 30th Jun
